Article L5211-12 of the French General Code of Local Authorities
The maximum allowances voted by the council or committee of a syndicat de communes, communauté de communes, communauté urbaine, communauté d’agglomération and métropole for the actual performance of the duties of president and vice-president are determined by a Conseil d’Etat decree by reference to the amount of the salary corresponding to the terminal gross index of the civil service index scale. The allowance paid to the chairman of the council…